{{Short description|Civil parish in New South Wales, Australia}} {{Infobox settlement | settlement_type = Parish | pushpin_map = New South Wales | pushpin_mapsize = 250 | pushpin_map_caption = Location in New South Wales, Australia | coordinates = {{Coord|type:event|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{Flag|Australia}} | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = New South Wales | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_name2 = Yantara County }}
[[File:Yantara Map.png|thumb|Map of Yantara County, New South Wales,<ref>John Sands, [http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-231044030/view The New atlas of Australia ] Sydney : J. Sands, [1886]</ref>]]'''Albert Parish, New South Wales '''is a remote civil parish of Yantara County near Milparinka, New South Wales.
The parish is on the Silver City Highway where the road meets Salt Lake, New South Wales. The parish has a Köppen climate classification of BWh (Hot desert).<ref name=Peel>{{cite journal | last1=Peel |first1=M. C. |last2=Finlayson |first2=B. L. |last3=McMahon |first3=T. A. | year=2007 | title= Updated world map of the Köppen–Geiger climate classification | journal=Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. | volume=11 | pages=1633–1644 |doi=10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 | url=http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/11/1633/2007/hess-11-1633-2007.html | issn = 1027-5606| doi-access=free }} ''(direct: [http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/11/1633/2007/hess-11-1633-2007.pdf Final Revised Paper])''</ref>
Gold was discovered there,<ref>THE ALBERT GOLD-FIELDS. The Sydney Morning Herald. Mon 18 Aug. p. 8.</ref> and for a while a village at Albert had a population of 900. but the gold soon ran out and life in the parish is very hard as it is arid and has no reliable fresh water.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/news/New-South-Wales/Milparinka/2005/02/17/1108500197654.html|title=Milparinka - New South Wales - Australia - Travel - smh.com.au|date=2004-02-08|website=www.smh.com.au|language=en|access-date=2018-04-10}}</ref>
==See also== * Albert, New South Wales * Lake Albert, New South Wales * Albert Parish (Delialah County), New South Wales * Albert Parish (Yancowinna County) New South Wales * Albert, (Drake County) New South Wales * Albert, (Kennedy County) New South Wales * Albert, (Macquarie County) New South Wales * Albert, (Sandon County) New South Wales * Albert, (St Vincent County) New South Wales
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